Tie-holder.



T. J. BARGK.

TIE HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 10,1914.

Patented May 5, 1914.

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TIE-HOLDER.

To aZZ whom it may concern Be it known that I, THEODORE J. BARCK,\ citizen of the United States, residing at Quincy, in the county of Adams and State of Wisconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements in Tie-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to tie holders; and it has for its primary object the provision of a device of this character which is designed particularly for use in retamping the soil forming the road-bed on which a track structure is laid and for elevating the tie to restore the same to its proper seated position against the rail and retain the tie in this position during the tamping operation and at the time of reforming the roadbed.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a device of this character which may be operated for the specified purpose without necessitating the removal of the ties from the track.

A further objectof the invention is the provision of a supporting brace for holding the elevated member in an elevated position and the construction of the holding means which will obviate the necessity of an attendant holding the lever during the tamping operatic-n.

lVith these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination and arrange ment of parts, as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings :Figure 1 is a perspective view, showing a rail extended over a plurality of ties and illustrating the application of the holder to one of the ties and the manner of adjusting the holder so as to effect an elevated position of the tie under which it is desired to tamp the soil; Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section of the holder, showing the support therefor; and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the gripping device. v 1

The device is primarily intended to be used in the reconstruction or remodeling of road-beds and track-structures, and it aims Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 10, 1914.

Patented May 5, 1914.

Serial No. 817,870.

to provide means whereby a tie which has become deranged from the rails, may be readjusted into proper position and elevated initially from the surface of the ground so that addition soil or ballast may be placed beneath the tie.

In view of the above the results desired may be most satisfactorily accomplished through the provision of a lifting lever 1 bifurcated at one end to provide parallel branches 2, 2 that are adapted to rest on the ball of the rail, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 during the operation of lifting the tie with relation to the rail. The device is of a form that it may be so associated with the tie to be lifted that the space defined by the tie to be lifted and the adjacent tie will not be obstructed by the device. The members or branches 2, 2 of the lifting lever are provided with integral lugs 3 that are adapted to engage against the adjacent side of the ball of the rail so as to minimize the possibility of the lever slipping during the lifting operation. The lifting lever is provided with a pivoted gripping member 4: which is adapted to always assume a vertical position, and as shown said member is provided with a substantially stepped or offsetlower portion 5 having lateral branches 6, 6 that are adapted to engage beneath the tie as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

In using the device for the purpose of moving the same with relation to the rail during the time of tamping the soil beneath the deranged tie, the lifting lever is arranged so that the branches 2, 2 of the bifurcated portion thereof immediately rest against the ball of the rail. The tie raising member 4 is placed along one end of the tie to be lifted and the stepped lower portion thereof is engaged beneath the tie. The free end of the lever is then moved in an upward direction, and as a consequence thereof the deranged tie will be moved in the direction of the base of the rail and the soil beneath the tie may be properly tamped and the road-bed in this manner may be expeditiously remodeled or repaired. In order to hold the lever in its adjusted position a brace 7 which may be in the form of a crowing integral lugs, and a pivoted gripping debar or tool commonly used in road-bed convice carried by the lever. 10 struction and connected with the lever as In testimony whereof I aflix my signature shown in Figs. 1 and 2. in presence of two witnesses. 5 I claim THEODORE J. BARGK.

A device of the character described icoin- Vitnesses: rising a lifting lever having a horizontal ETHEL Q'GREENWOOD, bifurcated end, the branches of which hav- LIBBIE SMITH.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

